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The following " species iiicertie " have been identified, 

 viz. : — 



C3'pselus melba, p. 17. ^demosyne cantaus, p. 27. 



Caprimulgus nubicus, p. 18. Passer domesticus, p. 28. 



Coccystes jacobiniis, p. 20. Vinago waalia, p. 29. 



Ceutropus superciliosus, p. 20. Larus affinis, p. 36. 



Lanius colliirio, p. 21. Ardea bubulcus, p. 37. 



Argya squamiceps, p. 23. Scopus umbretta, p. 38. 



The present list is, I think, fairly eomplete, so far as our 

 meagre knowledge of the avifauna of Aden allows. But as 

 the above-given identifications and additions were in great 

 measure made by one not devoting himself especially to 

 ornithology, and in only about ten weeks' collecting, it shows 

 how much still remains to be done. I trust, therefore, that 

 some resident of the place will take the birds in hand and 

 make a really complete list, in lieu of the present one. Eight 

 " species incertse " still await identification, while a few, in- 

 cluded, I fear, on but slight evidence, e. g. Caccabis chukar, 

 Saxicola pleschanka, Haliaetus leucogaster, and possibly some 

 few others, require verification, and this task I commend to 

 this unknown personage to start on. 



Ill, — On the Birds observed at the Salvage Islands, 

 near Madeira. By W. R. Ogilvie Grant. 



While spending some weeks at Madeira in the spring of 

 1890 I heard so much about the Salvage Islands, and the 

 enormous number of sea-birds that breed there, that I 

 determined to pay them a visit at the earliest opportunity. 

 It was not, however, till the spring of 1895 that the long- 

 contemplated visit became possible, for these rocky islets — 

 which lie, roughly speaking, about halfway between Madeira 

 and the Canaries — are considered, and justly so, very 

 dangerous to approach, so that steamers passing to and 

 fro give them a wide berth. The only means, therefore, of 

 reaching them are to hire a vessel either at Madeira or the 

 Canaries, which of course entails a very considerable 



